[ltp] Re: SuSE 9.1 on Thinkpad, cont'd.

[Eben King]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 11:25:42PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:58:46PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, is reiserfs built into the kernel or modularized?  Maybe you should 
> > > > try a different filesystem.
> > > 
> > > It is a module. I really wanted to use XFS on my system, but SuSE's
> > > installer kept segfaulting when I tried to install the system that way.
> > > Reiser was my second choice.
> > 
> > Try building the modules you need to boot (IDE, reiserfs, ELF, etc.) into
> > the kernel and not using an initrd at all.  I have a .config you can use
> > for 2.6.7 .
> 
> Could you send a copy of that kernel config file? I'll give it a shot.

Heh.  I forgot the Thinkpad is temporarily dead (USB ports cause reboot).  
Just tried; power button invokes blinkylights.  :-(  IBM has been called.  
When it gets back up I'll put it on my web site.  Until then, there's one 
here for 2.6.3:
  
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/stabler/t41_notes.html

Look under "New kernel".  You must do "make oldconfig" with it.

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